This Week's Haul, July 9: Clinging to the life raft of hope

And: I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords

Jul 09, 2026

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Floaties at the pond over Fourth of July weekend. ‘Twas a simpler time.

Good morning from eastern Maine, where this week… YIKES. And we had such a nice weekend, too! I’ll get to the big political news of the week later. Let’s talk about far less pressing matters first, shall we?

This weekend, we survived a heat wave, the 250th anniversary of the signing o…

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